Treffer: Agile cyber defense: Enhancing digital substation resilience with SDN-based smart switching.

Title:
Agile cyber defense: Enhancing digital substation resilience with SDN-based smart switching.
Authors:
Almotiri SH; Department of Cybersecurity, College of Computing, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah, Saudi Arabia.
Source:
PloS one [PLoS One] 2025 Nov 18; Vol. 20 (11), pp. e0330521. Date of Electronic Publication: 2025 Nov 18 (Print Publication: 2025).
Publication Type:
Journal Article
Language:
English
Journal Info:
Publisher: Public Library of Science Country of Publication: United States NLM ID: 101285081 Publication Model: eCollection Cited Medium: Internet ISSN: 1932-6203 (Electronic) Linking ISSN: 19326203 NLM ISO Abbreviation: PLoS One Subsets: MEDLINE
Imprint Name(s):
Original Publication: San Francisco, CA : Public Library of Science
MeSH Terms:
Computer Security* , Computer Communication Networks*, Humans
References:
Cybersecur (Singap). 2024;7(1):10. (PMID: 38707764)
PLoS One. 2025 Jan 27;20(1):e0312425. (PMID: 39869573)
Entry Date(s):
Date Created: 20251118 Date Completed: 20251118 Latest Revision: 20251123
Update Code:
20251123
PubMed Central ID:
PMC12626286
DOI:
10.1371/journal.pone.0330521
PMID:
41252440
Database:
MEDLINE

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This paper provides an evaluation methodology and prototyped and tested a virtual Intelligent Electronic Device (vIED) for digital substations in a Real Time (RT) simulation. Based on the IEC 61850 standard and virtualization technology, the proposed framework aims to enhance protection, automation, and control systems for application in today's substations. A new and very specific method of testing was conceived and used as an instrument for verifying the given framework and its potential based on different methods of communications, scalability, and functionality options. The analysis also examines the effectiveness of the SDCommNet for vIED frameworks about operational network re-scaling capacity, besides testing the impact of nominal and transient data traffic on the global performance of the system. Empirical findings demonstrate that the vIED framework always meets essential system characteristics, such as response time and network transfer latency, irrespective of configurations. Such findings act as a perfect foundation for future development of design and testing protocols for the virtualization of substation systems.
(Copyright: © 2025 Almotiri. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited.)

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.